Chicago Housing Authority Police Department, Illinois
End of Watch: Saturday, August 17, 1991
Age: 40
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: 028
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: August 16, 1991
Weapon Used: Rifle; AR-15
Suspect Info: Convicted of murder
Officer Jimmie Haynes was shot by a sniper as he stood in the parking lot of the Robert Taylor Homes public housing complex. He was walking to his patrol car behind 4525 South Federal Street when he was shot.
He was transported to Mercy Hospital and Nursing Center where he died of his wound the next day.
Officer Haynes was survived by his wife, daughter, son, mother, and two brothers.